Director of Human Resources SEIU 2015

SEIU Local 2015 is seeking a transformational, strategic, change agent to build leadership and achieve power for its 450,000 home health care and nursing home worker members. The Director of HR is a pivotal leader who will motivate, empower and engage the workforce to perform in ways that create meaningful change and shapes the organization’s future success.

Duties/ Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition & Management that builds the organization

● Plan, implement, and evaluate culture building initiatives that drive the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of staff.

● Implement and lead manager/staff competency training that supports effective organizing and advocating for members.

● Provide support and guidance to managers that build their mentoring skills to provide effective, inspiring feedback to staff.

● Serve as the pivotal strategic partner of the senior management team, to advise regarding the impact of long-range planning, new programs/strategies and regulatory action.

● Collaborate with department heads to develop and implement staffing strategies and programs that embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across the organization.

Training & Leadership

● Train and support management staff, including department directors, in implementing labor management practices consistent with organizational mission goals and values.

● Assesses training needs for managers and staff.

● Work with senior management to develop and deliver onboarding and training materials to ensure employees understand their job responsibilities.

● Assist the Executive Director in developing effective performance management systems.

● Train managers in evaluating staff performance and developing performance improvement plans.

Department Leadership

● Directs and develops the three person HR department

● Interacts with Officers and the Executive Board

General

● Ensures all HR policies are up to date, maintained, applied consistently, and in compliance with state, local and federal regulations.

● Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes and innovative technologies in human resources, and employment law and applies this knowledge to communicate changes to senior management.

● Leads managers in understanding and implementing organization policies, building and maintaining a supportive and inspiring workplace culture.

● Works with senior management and leadership to address employee issues and conflicts, and collective bargaining with the staff union.

Competencies:

Strategic Thinking- Proven ability to work with leaders and senior staff to build a powerful organization that wants to do things differently.

Leadership—A leader among leaders with a hunger to make an impact in building/transforming organizational culture.

Visionary Change Agent—Experience in managing change by managing the culture. Proven ability to assess the existing culture, identify needs/areas of improvement and positively influence others through clear communication, and self-modeling behaviors that gain support for the change. Trustworthy and approachable.

Interpersonal—Demonstrated competence in verbal and nonverbal communication, conflict management, negotiation, listening and being flexible and positive.

Required Values, Qualifications and Experience:

● Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

● 3 – 5 years experience in HR leadership or related field.

● Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the organization.

● Commitment to enforcing union values.

● Demonstrated ability to help staff succeed by setting clear goals, providing relevant training, positive coaching and encouragement.

● Collective bargaining experience in a unionized environment, strongly desired.

● SHRM Certified Professional/SHRM Senior Certified Professional Certificate, a plus.

Interested applicants should follow the instructions below and email materials and any inquiries to

Debra Schwoch-Swoboda, UnionSearch Managing Partner: dswoboda@unionsearch.org,

● A letter of application, which specifically addresses how accomplishments in your career have prepared you to meet the essential functions and requirements presented in this position.

● A resume that includes the month and year of start and end dates of employment for each position.

Position open until filled: Next deadline for review December 15, 2024.